Background
Whitehead, Cortlandt was born on October 30, 1842 in New York, United States. Son of William Adee and Margaret Elizabeth (Parker) Whitehead.
bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh
Whitehead, Cortlandt was born on October 30, 1842 in New York, United States. Son of William Adee and Margaret Elizabeth (Parker) Whitehead.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1863, Master of Arts, 1866. Graduate Philadelphia Division School, 1867. Doctor of Divinity, Union, 1880.
South.T.D., Hobart College, 1887, Saint Stephen’s College, 1890.
Doctor of Laws, University of Pittsburgh, 1912.
Deacon, 1867, priest, 1868, Protestant Episcopal Church. Missionary in Colorado, 1867-1870. Rector Church of the Nativity, South. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1870-1882.
Consecrated bishop of Pittsburgh, January 25, 1882.
Assistant secretary Diocese of Central Pennsylvania, 1872-1881. Twice delegate to General Conference.
Delegate Lambeth Conferences, London, 1888, 97, 1908. Grand Chaplain of Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania F. and Master of Arts, 1883-1921.
Chaplain Pennsylvania Society Colonial Wars, 1906-1921, Pennsylvania Society, since 1907.
Chaplain-general Guild of Saint Barnabas for Nurses, 1887-1912, Order of Colonial Lords of Manors, 1912-1921, Union Society Civil War, 1913-1921. Home: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Married Charlotte B. King, July 29, 1868.